Leadership
What Do We Mean By This?
Feb. 4, 2007 By Harry T. Cook Luke 5: 1-11 On this Sunday, the congregation of St. Andrew’s will do a bold and, some would say, arrogant thing. It will reach out through the performance of the ancient liturgy of baptism to claim for itself and all of Christianity a child barely a year old. […]
Brian McLaren’s Open Letter to Worship Songwriters
Mark’s comments in *[ …] ############################################### … One hears a lot of complaints about lame music, trite lyrics, theological shallowness, etc., etc., in the world of contemporary Christian music. *[Often by Christian musicians like moi] …. In the postmodern world, many of us believe that the theologians will have to leave the library more often […]
Brian McLaren’s Open Letter to Worship Songwriters [2]
Mark’s comments in *[…] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AN UNAUTHORIZED POSTSCRIPT to Brian McLaren’s Open Letter to Worship Songwriters John Mortensen … First of all, can we agree to a ten-year ban on rhyming “adore you” with “before you”? Thanks. *[Amen!] … If we wish to rise above the greeting-card level of poetry, we may need to thumb […]
For God’s Sake Say It!
Weekly Message from Bishop WIllimon 01.29.2007 For God’s Sake Say It! When I was courting The Rev. Carl Parker’s daughter (who eventually became my wife, Patsy) Mr. Parker was serving as a District Superintendent in the Marion District of the Methodist Church. I was nervous. I wanted to make a good impression. I was considering […]
Somehow, Jesus has survived even the church
Somehow, Jesus has survived even the church. by Jim Wallis “I’m a secular Jewish country music songwriter and disk jockey,” my interviewer on a Nashville radio station said. “But I love your stuff and have been following your book tour.” He told me he loved my “riffs” and would like to spend an evening together […]
Alternative to liberal, conservative (Brian McLaren)?
Voice of ‘sage’ inspires admiration, intense criticism Alternative to liberal, conservative emerges with unconventional outlook By JOHN BLAKE The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 01/27/07 Brian McLaren was about to speak at a church youth convention when his host asked the audience a provocative question. How many considered themselves liberal Christians? A smattering of hands and […]
Theology of Leadership
FUTURE LEADER | THEOLOGY OF LEADERSHIP Reviewed by Thomas Scarborough PREFACE The unwriteable seminary assignment has become a legend in our time. A student is given an assignment which, for reasons of personal conviction, just cannot be done. I received such an assignment during the course of my current MA studies in the USA. Thankfully […]
If This Be Christianity, They Can Have It
Jan. 28, 2007 By Harry T. Cook The New York Times gave a lot of ink recently to a 60-member church in the west Harlem section of Manhattan, pronouncing it the poster-child of the up-and-coming charismatic branch of 21st-century Christianity. The Times linked its adopted church to what it called the 400-million-member worldwide phenomenon of […]
Emerging Church
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2007/february/11.35.html A couple of quotes: Emerging catches into one term the global reshaping of how to “do church” in postmodern culture. It has no central offices, and it is as varied as evangelicalism itself. If I were to point to one centrist expression of the emerging movement in the U.S., it would be Dan Kimball’s […]
The Authority Of Pastoral Ministry
Weekly Message from Bishop WIllimon 1.15.2007 THE AUTHORITY OF PASTORAL MINISTRY When we preachers are ordained, the bishop says to us, “Take thou authority to preach the word, administer the sacraments..” It was said of Jesus that he “spoke as one who had authority.” I’ve got the issue of authority on my mind this week […]
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